#POTUS underscored #Trump “was given every opportunity to defend himself” & the case “was heard by a jury of…12 people like you & millions of Americans who serve on juries…chosen the same way every jury in America” is chosen.
“The jury heard 5 weeks of evidence, 5 weeks, & after careful deliberation, the jury reached a #unanimous verdict. They found Donald Trump #guilty on all 34 #felony counts. Now, he’ll be given the opportunity, as he should, to #appeal that decision….”
Each page yesterday took him just a little more than a minute, so this will take >30 mins.
Between that & the testimony readbacks, also expected to take >30 mins, there will likely be >1 hour this morning w/the jury in the courtroom, not actively deliberating.
Before that is heard, Trump will be dealing w/ the #criminal#justice system.
Trump’s #sentencing is July 11.
He could be sentenced prison or probation.
A pre-sentencing report makes recommendations based on the defendant’s criminal record — Trump had none before this case — as well as his personal history & the crime itself.
Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
Good morning! It’s the last day of the #TrumpTrial before jury #deliberations.
Today Justice #Merchan will give #JuryInstructions. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.
Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether #Trump is #guilty or not guilty of 34 felonies.
Justice #Merchan would likely hand down #Trump’s sentence several weeks after the #guilty#verdict. But it’s possible that any punishment could be delayed.
Trump… will undoubtedly #appeal any #conviction, a lengthy process that could take months or longer & would likely not be resolved before Election Day. In that case, he would likely remain free until the appeal is resolved.
The decision to hear the appeal reopens the possibility that#FaniWillis, the Fulton County district attorney, could be disqualified from prosecuting Trump & 14 #CoConspirators over efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump special counsel fires back at Cannon order that could disrupt case
Special counsel #Jack#Smith warned the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s #classified#documents case that
👉she is pursuing a legal premise that “is wrong”
and said he would probably #appeal to a higher court if she rules that a federal records law can protect the former president from prosecution.
In a near-midnight legal filing, Smith’s office pushed back hard against an unusual instruction from U.S. District Judge #Aileen M. #Cannon
— one that veteran national security lawyers and former judges have said badly misinterprets the Presidential Records Act and laws related to classified documents.
Smith’s filing represents the most stark and high-stakes confrontation yet between the judge and the prosecutor,
illustrating the extent to which a ruling by Cannon that legitimizes the #PRA as a defense could eviscerate the historic case.
It sets up the possibility that a government appeal of such a ruling could delay the trial well beyond November’s presidential election, in which Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
Jeff DiSantis, a spox for the DA’s office, noted in a text message that the case had not been put on hold, adding that prosecutors will “work to move it forward to #trial as quickly as possible.” The DA’s office will only comment on the #appeal in #court filings, he said.
The prelim #injunction granted by US Dist Judge Ezra pauses a #law that was set to take effect Mar5 & comes as #POTUS#Biden & …#Trump, were visiting #Texas' southern #border to discuss #immigration. TX ofcls are expected to #appeal. Opponents call the TX measure the most dramatic attempt by a #state to #police immigration since a 2010 #Arizona law that opponents rebuked as a “Show Me Your Papers” bill. #SCOTUS partially struck down the AZ law, but some #Republican ldrs want the ruling reviewed.
#Trump's lawyers told a #NY appellate court Wed that he's prepared to post (only) a $100M #bond to halt #collection of his #civil#fraud penalty, arguing that provisions of the verdict make it impossible to secure a bond for the full amount.
TFG's attys made the offer in court papers asking the state's mid-level appeals court for an order preventing #NYAG#LetitiaJames' office from enforcing the $454M judgment while his #appeal plays out.
A judgment formalizing the Feb. 16 verdict by Justice Arthur #Engoron in Manhattan was signed & posted to the court docket on Fri, locking the full #damages amount w/interest in place & starting a 30-day countdown for Trump to #appeal. #NYAG#LetitiaJames has said interest will continue to accrue every day.
#Engoron, … #civil#fraud ruling on Fri, must sign off on the judgment, which would give #Trump a month to file a notice of appeal. To begin the #appeal process, Trump will have to either satisfy the judgment by paying it or post a #bond.
A draft of the judgment filed by James’s trial attys …has language that matches Engoron’s …decision. James’s proposed judgment also cites a statutory interest rate of 9% / year, which the AG has said adds ~$100M in prejudgment interest to Trump’s tab.
When a fed appeals court last wk rejected the claim, it temp paused its ruling, saying it would rtn the case to #trial court Mon, allowing Judge #Chutkan to restart proceedings….the appeals court said it would extend the pause until #SCOTUS rules—if Trump files…for a stay.
It could hear his #appeal on a fast track, as it is doing in a separate case on #Trump’s eligibility to hold office. Or it could hear the case on the usual schedule, which would most likely delay any #trial past the #election.
Timing, in other words, is everything. Unless the justices move quickly, the trial could be pushed into the heart of the 2024 campaign, or even past the election.
A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Trump's March #trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key #legal#appeal from #Trump continues to work its way through the courts.
US Dist Judge Tanya #Chutkan on Fri vacated the March 4 trial date but did not immediately set a new date.
The postponement comes as a federal appeals court has yet to resolve a pending appeal from Trump arguing that he is #immune from prosecution for actions he took in the WH.
Judge Tanya #Chutkan called off the March 4 trial date in an order on Friday, saying she will set a new date after Trump's immunity #appeal is resolved.
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The UPC Court of Appeal has rejected applications by Mathys & Squire LLP and Bristows (Ireland) LLP to intervene in the appeal by Ocado against an order giving access to its statement of claim. The ruling is on basis that the applicants do not have a legal interest in the outcome of the appeal. I think this sets the bar to admissibility of intervention too high, arguably contrary to the whole point of intervening on policy grounds.
#SCOTUS won’t fast-track ruling on #Trump’s claim of immunity
#SpecialCounsel#JackSmith had asked the justices to short-circuit the normal appellate process & quickly settle the question of presidential #criminal#immunity, which the #SupremeCourt previously has not been called upon to resolve.
#Trump’s #appeal of that order is also proceeding in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit; in the meantime, #Chutkan has put a hold on trial proceedings. #JackSmith… said in his filing to #SCOTUS that the appeal could take months & significantly #delay the start of the #trial.
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